This page is part of a list of original releases by release
date of international commercially-released regular stereo Dylan albums.
They do not contain rarities or obscurities and are not eligible for the Searching For A Gem
list. Nevertheless, their interest value or scarcity means they're worth listing
here - as far as I know some are not included on any other Internet site. Promo
releases of regular albums are now listed here and no longer in the former
yearly Promo sections.

If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
existing entries, please let me know!
Please note I cannot value your Dylan rarities -
see the Mission page for reasons why. Contact the
dealers on my Trading page for assistance!

The album dedication to "Gabby Goo Goo" is now thought to be to Desiree
Gabrielle Dennis-Dylan, Bob's daughter by Carolyn Dennis, born on 31 Jan 1986.
At the time it was thought the front photograph was taken in Israel, but it was
actually in the Mojave Desert in California. The rear photograph shows Bob on a
front porch somewhere in the USA, with a US flag in one of the flower urns. Both
photographs are copyrighted by Bob himself, but credited to Camouflage Photo,
which doesn't actually exist!

Thanks to Dag Braathen for scans of a Columbia US promo leaflet punched for
storage in a ring binder and sent to
record stores with details of promotional activities and album ordering
information, and also for photos of a 24" x 12" poster with additional text
""Happy 50th Birthday Bob! May 24, 1991". Thanks to Steve Joyce for information from a Don Was interview
that, although uncredited, all the accordion playing on this album was by Bob
himself.

Out-takes from this album have been officially released as
follows:

The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs:
Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006 (2008): Born In Time (original version from
Oh Mercy - two alternate takes); God Knows (original
version from Oh Mercy).

Thanks to Marc Matsumoto for confirming the existence of this release
and scans, and thanks to Gerd Rundel for the scan of a sealed copy with a
black sticker with white and red text promoting three songs and the
involvement of guest musicians. The record has red labels with the orange Columbia
logo round the circumference.

The record
matrix numbers are: Side 1 - "MASTERDISK DMM" "AL-46794-1A" "G1" "DMM" "A 2"
plus "a squiggle that kind of looks like a treble clef without the hook
dropping below (so it also kind of looks like a P and a G together)",
Side 2 - "MASTERDISK DMM" "BL-46794-1A" "G1" "DMM", "A 5" and "the same
squiggle".

This sealed copy of the US release bought in Canada has
the US information sticker on the front sleeve and a Canadian import sticker
on the rear sleeve. It looks as if there was no separate Canadian release.

This CBS Records test pressing has white generic labels with the matrix
numbers (4671881-A-B) handwritten on Side 1 only.

Thanks to Gerd Rundel
for finding this on eBay.

Side 2 photo found on eBay by Gerd Rundel

"Under The Red Sky" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 467188 1 (UK), Sep 1990:

CBS 467188 1 (UK) - front scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 467188 1 (UK) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 467188 1 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 467188 1 (UK) - rear with promo stamp, scan by Orpheas Zoupanos

CBS 467188 1 (UK) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 467188 1 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers

This album comes with a lyrics inner sheet and late 1980s/1990s style red CBS
labels.
Orpheas Zoupanos has a copy with a gold embossed promo stamp on the rear sleeve.
The record labels do not have a country of origin, probably because the record
was now made in Holland, not England.

Thanks to Hans Seegers and
Orpheas Zoupanos for information and
scans.

This cassette has a white insert with the logo and address of CBS/Epic
A&R Department, London, and the track listing. The spine has "BOB DYLAN"
typed without the album title. The cassette itself is a TDK Chrome SA 60
with white labels with "BOB DYLAN" typed and no album title.

These albums were made in Holland and also come with a lyrics inner sheet and have
late 1980s/1990s style red labels. There was a dark red sticker with
pink text on the front of the front sleeve. The 1990 record has red CBS
labels. Thanks to Tom Willems for scans of a Dutch copy of the album used for promotional purposes
in Israel with a white promo sticker in Hebrew on the rear sleeve and an
accompanying promo letter in Hebrew script. The much rarer 1991 release has the
same promo sticker plus a 1991 sticker promoting "DYLAN ORIGINALS 30 YEARS
ON COLUMBIA". The 1991 record has red Columbia labels with revised
circumference text.

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Tom Willems
and Arie de Reus for information and
scans.

Like its predecessor, Oh Mercy, the record of this
release was made for CBS by Tecnodisco SA. The outer and inner sleeves were
printed by Offset ALG, Madrid. The CBS
Spain address is Paseo de la Castellana 93, 28046 Madrid. The record
has red CBS labels and the matrix numbers of the copy shown are: Side 1 -
467188 1A, Side 2 - 467188 1B.

The insert for this
cassette release was printed by Indugraf, Madrid. The CBS Spain address is Paseo
de la Castellana 93, 28046 Madrid. The cassette is light grey with
black text printed directly on to it, there are no paper labels.

This release, essentially the same as the Dutch release
above, was manufactured
and distributed under licence from CBS Records in the then Czechoslovakia by Bonton.
There is a double-sided lyric insert in English. The record itself has unique Bonton red labels
with date "90 2" (2nd half of 1990). This is the same date system
used by the former Czech record company Supraphon, which was absorbed by
Bonton in 1989. Bonton was bought by Sony Music in 2003.

The front and rear sleeves of this release are the same as the Dutch
release except for the rear top corner shown. This release was distributed in the then Yugoslavia by
Radio TeleVisje Ljiubliana (RTVL/ZKPRTV) Slovenija, from Ljubljana in what is now Slovenia. The rear
states "THE SALE OF THIS RECORD OUTSIDE
YUGOSLAVIA IS NOT AUTHORISED". The
record itself was pressed by Jugoton of Zagreb (now
Croatia) and has late 1980s/1990s style red labels and comes in a
lyric inner sleeve. For the 1989 RTVL Yugoslav vinyl and cassette releases of Oh Mercy,
see the appropriate International Releases album page. This was the last
Yugoslav Dylan album release. There will also have been a cassette
release, CBS/RTVL KL-1958, scans required.

This official release was manufactured and distributed
in Turkey by Uzelli for CBS Records.
The small print on the front and rear inserts is unreadable. The cassette is
transparent with black paper labels.

The
Australian release has a white sticker promoting three tracks from the
album. The copy shown has a blue promo stamp
on the rear sleeve with "NOT FOR SALE - SAMPLE RECORD". The record
has the older style orange/yellow labels. This
Australian album was also imported into New Zealand.

The
"sticker" is actually printed on the front sleeve, not affixed. This
album was manufactured
and distributed in South Africa by the Gallo Record Company.
The rear sleeve has a barcode at top left
and the logos of Artone Press and ASAMI (the South African copyright
organisation). The record has 1980s
style CBS orange/yellow labels. There is no lyric insert or inner sleeve.

Thanks to Hans Seegers
and Manuel García Jara for information and
scans.

This release with the South African catalogue number was made by Zimbabwe
Music Corporation (Z.M.C.) on behalf of CBS Records. The sleeve is made of
recycled cardboard and printed by Belmont Printers of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe).
Belmont Printers used codes starting with "4" for sleeves they printed for
CBS Records, they used other codes for other record companies.
The front "sticker" is again printed on the sleeve, not affixed. The record
comes in a thin transparent inner sleeve and has unique marbled light blue
CBS labels with dark blue text. The copy shown has handwritten matrix
numbers: Side 1 - ASF 3340-A, Side 2 - ASF 3340-B.

Manuel's commercial copy of the album was bought at Carrefour, São
Paolo, in 1990, and has a white sticker across the opening edge of the outer
sleeve. "467188" is the Europe catalogue number. There is a black lyrics
insert with white text including the catalogue number. The record was made
by Discos CBS, Rio de Janeiro, and has 1980s style orange/yellow
Discos CBS labels.
Sergio Mariano Romay has a promo copy in the same sleeve as the commercial
copy with a gold embossed CBS promo stamp on the rear with text "AMOSTRA
INVENDAVEL [SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE]". The record has the same orange/yellow
Discos CBS labels as the commercial copy without any promotional text. The
inner sleeve is plain white with a cut-out on both sides to reveal the
labels. There is also a black lyric sheet with white letters. The promo copy
is accompanied by a promotional letter written in Portuguese, with a review
of the album highlighting the guest artists. The promo record copy has
handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - 188110 1-467188 (P) 1990 AL-46794,
Side 2 - 188110 1-467188 (P) 1990 BL-46794.

The front sleeve has the Spanish translation of the title "Bajo El Cielo
Rojo"
under the English title. The song titles are translated into Spanish on the
rear sleeve and record labels. The rear sleeve has unique yellow text in
Spanish. Sergio Mariano Romay points out that although the track listing on the
left of the rear sleeve is correct with five tracks per side, the musician
credits on the right show Side 1 as having six tracks and Side 2 as only four.
Both promo and commercial records play exactly the same tracks as all other
worldwide releases.

Sergio Mariano Romay has a red folded promo leaflet or
handbill advertising the album. The
promo release shown has a yellow CBS promo stamp on the rear sleeve, plus the
extra text "DISCO PARA DEMOSTRACION - VENTA PROHIBIDA" on the labels.
There was no lyric insert or inner sleeve with the promo release. The records
have orange US-style Columbia labels with the logo repeated in a ring round the
circumference. The record of Manuel's commercial copy has matrix numbers:
Side 1 - 70.153/A, Side 2 - 70.153/B.

This Columbia cassette release comes
in a black plastic "CBS" outer case, and also has "CBS" on the leader tape. It
has a folded insert with the Columbia logo, which is also on both sides of the
cassette. The album title on the front is in Spanish only, while the vinyl
release has the title in both English and Spanish. As on the vinyl release, the song titles are translated into Spanish
on both the insert and the cassette, with the English titles on the outside of
the insert only. The cassette itself is buff, with red text printed directly on
to it, there are no paper labels.

The cassette is white with
salmon
paper labels with black text. Again, the text is only in English (except the copyright text).
AGADU (the name of the Uruguayan copyright organisation) is now present. The
folded card insert was printed in Uruguay by FIMASA and the cassette was made by
WEL
S.A. (like the Uruguayan
releases of Down In The Groove, Oh Mercy, Good As I Been To You
and Traveling Wilburys Volume One). The cassette can be opened, as
there are five screws on Side 2.

All these cassettes are unauthorised, so full details are in
Questionable Releases. Thanks to Lars
M. Banke for the loan of the cassettes to scan. Thanks to Dag Braathen for
the scan of the Kaso cassette insert.

This release is still on sale today unchanged. It was originally
packaged in a "long box", but that has now been discontinued. The
sticker is black with white and red text. The front insert is a 12-page
booklet.

This release, manufactured in Austria for distribution throughout
Europe, is the same as the US release apart from the catalogue number.
The front of the jewel case has a purple sticker with pink text promoting
the guest artists. The sticker
has the same text as the LP sticker and the US CD sticker shown above.

The front insert is a stapled multi-page booklet. The producer's name "Jack
Frost" (a pseudonym for Bob) is misspelled as "Jack Forst" on the
CBS CD,
which is silver with red panels and black text. The Columbia release has a
slightly different front insert, with the album title in red, and a
redesigned CD text layout with seven song titles beneath the centre hole
instead of six - the producer information is now missing. This is the
release on sale today.

The Australian Columbia CD has a completely different design from the
Australian CBS CD, which was made in Australia by Disctronics. Stuart Moore has two different copies of Columbia 467188
2 with the second release CD, distinguished by the fact that the inserts on the first copy are much
darker, the CDs are the same. The differences between the three Columbia
CDs, which were made in Australia by Sony, are:

These CDs have a
black,
red, white, blue and yellow obi
with price ¥2,300.
This release has a 28-page booklet. The promo release has a sticker on the
rear insert and Japanese text which means "Not for sale" on the clear centre
of the CD itself. The CDs are similar in design to the US release.

Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697742502CD3
(Austria for Europe) - detail of rear of card sleeve

Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697742502CD3
(Austria for Europe) - disc

Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697742502
(Austria for Europe) - front of slipcase

Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697742502 (Austria
for Europe) - rear of slipcase

This release comes as part of a 3CD set
Original Album Classics: Bob Dylan containing three not as yet remastered albums: Empire
Burlesque (1985), Down In The Groove (1988) and Under The Red
Sky (1990). As the price per set is only £8.99 it's very unlikely these
have been remastered now. Other artists in this series include Miles Davis,
Charlie Mingus, Patti Smith and Jeff Buckley. The three albums are in card
sleeves inside a CD-width slipcase. The individual albums are numbered
88697742502CD1, 88697742502CD2 and 88697742502CD3.

The picture on the front of the slipcase comes
from 1986's Hard To Handle video of Bob live with Tom Petty & The
Heartbreakers, see VHS & DVDs 1980s.

This massive set is the latest in a series of "Complete Columbia Album
Collections" featuring artists such as Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Duke
Ellington, Dave Brubeck and even Blue Oyster Cult. The CD version of the set includes 41 Dylan albums in card
sleeves, 14 of which have been remastered for this project, plus a 2CD set
of previously released non-album tracks entitled
Side Tracks. The albums exclude all compilations and
The Bootleg Series sets, but do include the deleted 1973 Dylan album,
also see 1973, and the extra 2CD set
Side Tracks includes one side of the 1971 single George
Jackson (Acoustic version),
R-0085, see 1971. The set is
therefore listed in 2013.
The set also includes a hard cover book with extensive new liner notes and
previously unseen photos.

All the CDs come in card sleeves. The European sleeves are made of thicker
card than the US sleeves, but they are otherwise identical, so are not shown.
The catalogue number on the sleeve is "88691924312JK32"
plus "DISC 36". This
album has been remastered, so is the twelfth Dylan album remastered for this
project.The CDs are different in detail, the US
Under The Red Sky CD has
catalogue number "88691924312D36", whereas
the European CD has catalogue number "88691924312-36". The European CD was made in the EU (probably Austria).
The US and European copyright details are printed at the bottom of the Bob Dylan CDs,
and round the circumference for The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan onwards, so I
haven't shown them for the later CDs.

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for news that the final set
of albums in The Complete Album Collection will be released by Sony Music
in Japan on 20 Dec 2014. Under The Red Sky will be SICP-30580. "All
the albums feature high-fidelity Blu-spec CD2 format and the remastering from
2013 used in US/European The Complete Album Collection. They also include
lyrics, new liner notes, and the original liner notes. This series is aimed to
replicate the original albums, including attachments such as ad stickers."